For the 1st time in 4 years comes a brand new e-book in George MacDonald Fraser's long-running sequence chronicling the adventures of Sir Harry Paget Flashman. 11th within the sequence, Flashman and the Tiger positive factors now not one, yet 3 tales of overseas intrigue that locate the fictitious Flashman thrown headlong into ancient occasions world wide.

She’s my executive assistant,” Matt said. ” “Speaking of which,” she said, “you need to get Gary off the ship. ” Matt sighed, then pounded on the side of the RV. ” he shouted. ” “Coming,” called a voice from inside. The door opened once more, and a grossly overweight young man climbed out. ” He also reeked of putrescence and was spattered with vile black goo. “Meet Gary Severin, my pet Horta,” Matt said. ” But he played dumb, forcing Matt to spend more than a minute explaining the concept. “I call Gary a Horta because he’s large and lumpy, too,” Matt concluded, just in case the comparison wasn’t clear.

He asked the kid for his room number and then tried to clarify the issue. “You mean the TV’s broken? ” “It’s static,” the kid explained. Jim promised to send up a maintenance person by the end of the day. “And you can get your toy back after the convention. ” He was back in the lobby a minute later and emerged from the elevator to find a pretty, young woman waiting for the lift. Judging from her navy-blue suit and Coach handbag, he guessed she’d arrived on business. The woman smiled at him. ” Jim looked down at his red hotel jacket—and the toy phaser—and realized she had mistaken him for a Trekkie.

Nice shady spot on a hot day. ” Jim handed him the note from Sarah. “She wants you to call this bakery. It’s about some kind of . ” “D7 battle cruiser cake,” Rodriguez said, nodding. ” Jim watched Rodriguez step back inside and then held the door for himself. Before returning to the storage room, he glanced one last time at the end of the alley. The people in the dark were still watching. It was odd, but it didn’t really add up to anything. The bites on Dexter and Sarah were strange, too . . but so what?